Many seem to be happy about this week’s news regarding a wind farm project in Thames estuary. Let me spoil your cake with some pragmatic calculation; but first I will re-cap on the news for those who (for whatever reason) haven’t subscribed to the E.on newsletter.
So, the story is that several major European energy conglomerates have signed an agreement worth 2 billion Euros to build a huge wind-farm in Thames estuary. The first phase will start in 2011 and 175 gigantic wind generators will be built 13 miles off the …
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We’ve got the hybrid vehicle sales data courtesy of Nada.org. This is not great news for the hybrid manufacturers but there is also nothing to be too worried about. In December 2009 the sales picked up a little compared to the previous month but it didn’t help the tally and compared to the previous year, we are still more than 25,000 cars short.
What can we say to the “experts” who claimed that the sector would pick up and see a boom?
In December 2009 25,167 HVs were sold, which was a …
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This spring will mark a rather revolutionary development (or maybe not) in green motoring. Mercedes will provide 200 B-Class F-Cell vehicles on lease for customers in USA and Europe. The cars could be ready as soon as early in March.
It will be the first serially produced fuel cell car. The F-Cell has a 100 kW electric motor that is powered by a fuel cell system using compressed hydrogen. There is
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Until now a Heat Pump was something rich people used to heat their homes. It is a sophisticated device that takes scarce heat that there is in the earth and through a clever thermodynamic intervention “pumps” the heat up to a temperature that is usable for heating. Now, you might think what does this have to do with cars?
Well, when it comes to electric cars, the motors never provide enough waste heat for heating the interior. Audi’s show car - one of the Detroit’s car show’s stars - Audi e-tron …
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Yeah, we’ve finally got there: the first all-electric car race is being organized. It will take place on June 4, 2010 in French town Levallois. The electric car race organizer has worked quietly and secretly before securing the approval from local council.
The first ever electric Grand Prix will
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Siemens has won a EUR 40 million contract to build and operate four photovoltaic battery fields in Spain. One of them when built will be the largest sun farm in the world.
The total output of the four solar energy plants will come to almost 46 megawatts.
